October 2026
Largest Horizontal E-commerce Public Companies in the US
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Amazon, Global-e, Wish, Bed Bath & Beyond and Xcel Brands.
 | Amazon is an American technology and retail company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with a second headquarters in Arlington County, Virginia. It runs the amazon.com online store and marketplace for third-party sellers, the Amazon Prime subscription programme, which had 200 million subscribers worldwide in 2021, and Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit launched in 2002 that rents data storage and computing power to companies. It also sells Echo, Kindle and Fire devices, distributes video, music and audiobooks through Prime Video, MGM+, Amazon Music, Twitch and Audible, and owns the Whole Foods Market grocery chain, Ring, IMDb and the self-driving car developer Zoox. Amazon earns revenue from product sales, seller commissions and fulfilment fees, subscriptions, cloud services and advertising. It reported revenue of US$716.9 billion and net income of US$77.7 billion in 2025 with about 1,576,000 employees, making it the world's largest company by revenue as of 2026 and the second-largest private employer in the United States. Jeff Bezos founded the company as Cadabra on July 5, 1994, in Bellevue, Washington, as an online bookstore and renamed it Amazon that November. Bezos, who owns about 8.8% of the shares, became executive chairman in July 2021, when former AWS chief Andy Jassy became chief executive. | $263 | +8% | $2.8T | $2.9T | 4.1x | 18.2x | ||
| Global E Online Ltd provides e-commerce solutions. The company offers a platform to enable and accelerate direct-to-consumer cross-border e-commerce. The platform was purpose-built for international shoppers to buy seamlessly online and for merchants to sell from and anywhere in the world. The company localizes the shopper experience to make international transactions as seamless as domestic ones. The platform increases the conversion of international traffic into sales by removing much of the complexity associated with international e-commerce. The company derives maximum revenue from the United States. | $42 | +15% | $7B | $6.5B | 6.8x | 41.1x | ||
| ContextLogic Holdings Inc Formerly ContextLogic Inc is an online shopping store. The store provides personalized products, clothing products, accessories, gaming products and equipment, cosmetics, plastic products, mobile covers, and other products. Geographically, it derives majority of its revenue from Europe and also has a presence in North America; South America, and other countries. | $15 | +101% | $691M | $1.3B | - | (43.1x) | ||
| Bed Bath & Beyond Inc is an e-commerce-focused retailer with an affinity model that owns or has ownership interests in various retail brands, offering products and services that enable its customers to enhance everyday life through quality, style, and value. The company currently owns Bed Bath & Beyond, Overstock, buybuy BABY, and other related brands and websites, as well as a blockchain asset portfolio. Its e-commerce platforms, www.bedbathandbeyond.com and www.overstock.com, are targeted at customers seeking various products such as furniture, bedding, area rugs, tabletop and cookware, decor, storage, jewelry, etc, at affordable prices. In addition to products, the company also offers add-on services across platforms, including warranties, shipping insurance, and installation services. | $2 | -80% | $167M | $221M | 0.2x | (3.0x) | ||
| Xcel Brands Inc is a media and brand management company. It is engaged in design, merchandising and planning, sourcing and production, licensing, marketing, and brand development. The company offers branded apparel, footwear, accessories, jewelry, home goods, and other consumer products. Its brand portfolio consists of the Isaac Mizrahi, Judith Ripka, H Halston, C Wonder, and the Highline Collective brands. The company licenses its brands to third parties, provides certain designs, production, and marketing services, and generates licensing, design, and service fee revenues through contractual arrangements and other agreements. | $0 | -67% | $3M | $17M | 3.4x | (1.5x) | ||
| Digital Brands Group Inc offers a variety of apparel through numerous brands on a both direct-to-consumer and wholesale basis. It has expanded into an omnichannel brand offering the styles and content not only online but at selected wholesale and retail storefronts. Its brand portfolio consists of Bailey 44, DSTLD, Harper & Jones, Stateside, and Sundry. | $2 | -99% | $2M | $22M | 3.0x | (0.9x) | ||
| Median | $9 | -30% | $429M | $779M | 3.4x | (1.2x) |
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